Deadline reports that Renner is attached to star in King of Heists, which the actor will also produce. Based on author J. North Conway non-fiction book of the same name, Renner will play architect George Leslie, who led a double life as a thief, assembling a crew of New York City's finest criminals and executing a number of heists — the most infamous being the one that netted nearly $3 million in cash and securities from the Manhattan Savings Institution in 1878.

Up-and-coming screenwriter Will Staples will adapt the script for the as-yet-unattached director. With King of Heists in early development, expect Renner to fit in a few more roles before the movie steps before cameras.

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Jason Bateman and Olivia Wilde must have really enjoyed working together in this summer's The Change-Up as they are about to work together again in the indie comedy The Longest Week from writer-director Peter Glanz (The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks).

According to Variety, the movie will follow Bateman as "a man who lives a life of leisure in his parents' prestigious Manhattan hotel," but, in the course of one week, "finds himself evicted, disinherited and in love." While that may sound like the plot to Arthur to you, we'd like to point out that Bateman isn't British. Big difference.

Disconnect follows an ensemble of characters who have their lives either affected or destroyed by the modern technology of communication and the Internet. Bateman is set to star as Ford's father.

Bateman will shoot both The Longest Week and Disconnect back-to-back through October and November.

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Universal's adaptation of R.I.P.D. is currently in production, as evidenced by the recent set photos, but they are still adding new cast members.THR reports that Robert Knepper, who played the villain in the TV shows Prison Break and Heroes, is the latest actor to be added to the cast.

Based on the Dark Horse comic book, R.I.P.D. follows Ryan Reynolds as a recently murdered police officer who decides to join the Rest in Peace Department (or R.I.P.D., get it?) in order to find the man who murdered him with the help of his partner, a gunslinger from the 1800s (Jeff Bridges). R.I.P.D. often battle spirits that aren't ready to leave this world, and Knepper is playing one such spirit or "deado" as they are referred to in the movie.